A video game mascot is usually a specific video game character that is a trademark of a video game company brand and is actively used to promote the company or its products, a symbol of the company, as a "face" or representative in promotional materials. Usually, mascots are from platform games, but there are exceptions. They may not necessarily appear in any games. Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fictional character. ... A simple platform sequence from the game Wonder Boy Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. ...

List of mascots

Alex Kidd is a video game character. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a platform game for the 8-bit Sega Master System video game console. ... Opa-Opa is the main character from the bizarre Fantasy Zone series of video games created by Sega. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Screenshot from the game Fantasy Zone. ... Pentarou, a Konami protagonist. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... Bomberman ) is an arcade-style maze-based video game developed by Hudson Soft. ... Hudson Soft is a Japanese publisher and developer, founded on May 18, 1973. ... Bomberman is an arcade-style puzzle-like maze-based video game, published and developed by Hudson Soft, and was released on December 20, 1985 for the Famicom. ... Scorpion is a fictional character appearing in the Mortal Kombat video game series. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is an American video game publisher. ... Mortal Kombat was the first entry in the famous and highly controversial Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway, released in arcades in 1992. ... Aero the Acro-Bat is a Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis game released by Sunsoft on October 1993. ... Sunsoft is a video game development company founded in 1985 as a division of Sun Corporation, itself a division of Sun Electronics, or Sun Denshi (サン電子) in Japan (its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sunsoft of America, though games they published showed a logo that read only SUNSOFT). ... Aero the Acro-Bat is a Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis game released by Sunsoft on October 1993. ... Chuck the plant as a cactus in Day of the Tentacle Chuck the Plant is a mascot of sorts in several of LucasArts adventure games. ... LucasArts is an American video game developer and publisher. ... Maniac Mansion is a graphical adventure game originally released in 1987 by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). ... Look up Max, max in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... LucasArts is an American video game developer and publisher. ... Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphical adventure game, originally developed and released by LucasArts in 1993 for DOS and in 1995 for Macintosh computers. ... Look up bonk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For information on the Japanese version of this console, see PC Engine The TurboGrafx-16 was a video game console released by NEC in 1989, for the North American market. ... Bonks Adventure is a 2D platform video game developed by Red Company and released in 1990 for the TurboGrafx-16. ... Hudson Soft is a Japanese publisher and developer, founded on May 18, 1973. ... The Taito Corporation (タイトー株式会社, taitou kabushikigaisha) TYO: 9646 is a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware. ... Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986. ... Captain Commando is an arcade game produced by Capcom in 1991, featuring the character of the same name. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Captain Commando is an arcade game produced by Capcom in 1991, featuring the character of the same name. ...   , also written as 隆) is a video game character created by Capcom, and is the main character in the Street Fighter series. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Screenshot of Street Fighter (arcade version). ... Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is the first title in a video game series for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube produced by Krome Studios in 2002. ... Krome Studios is one of the largest independent game developers in the world with almost 300 staff. ... Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is the first title in a video game series for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube produced by Krome Studios in 2002. ... Blinx Blinx is a game character for a game called Blinx: The time sweeper. This game recently got a sequel called Blinx 2: Battle of time and space Blinx 3 is possibly coming. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Artoon logo Artoon is a computer and video game third-party developer established in 1999. ... Character art for Gex Gecko as he appears in Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko. ... Crystal Dynamics is an American video game developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Ganbare Goemon (known as Legend of the Mystical Ninja in North America and Europe), is a prolific video game series produced by Konami. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... Gunstar Heroes ) is a run and gun video game released in 1993 by Treasure Co. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Gunstar Heroes ) is a run and gun video game released in 1993 by Treasure Co. ... Jazz Jackrabbit in Diamondus (the original game) Jazz Jackrabbit is the title character of a series of platform games. ... Epic Games, also known as Epic and formerly as Epic MegaGames, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Jazz Jackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit is the title character of a series of platform games. ... This game cover for the first Bubsy game shows the eponymous character in a striking action pose. ... Accolade was a video game developer and publisher of the 1980s and 1990s. ... This game cover for the first Bubsy game shows the eponymous character in a striking action pose. ... Atlus ) is a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... Kirby ) is a fictional character and hero of Nintendos Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. ... HAL Laboratory, Inc. ... Kirbys Dream Land, known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby , lit. ... Masahiro Sakurai ) (born on August 3, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan) is a game concept designer, the creative force behind both the Kirby and the series on Nintendo platforms, and wrote a weekly column for Famitsu magazine. ... Lara Croft is a fictional British video game character and the heroine of the Tomb Raider series of video games, movies, and comic books. ... Eidos Interactive is a publisher of video and computer games with its parent company based in the United Kingdom. ... For the movie staring Angelina Jolie, see Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. ... Toby Gard is a former computer game character designer (the original designer of Lara Croft) at Core Design, the company that developed the popular Tomb Raider video game series until Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. ... Cryptosporidium 137 (and beyond) Cryptosporidium 137, or Crypto for short, is a fictional extraterrestrial of the Furon race from the fictional planet Gorta. ... THQ Inc. ... Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ. It was released for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems on June 21, 2005. ... Pandemic Studios is a video game developer notable for creating destructable environments that is based in Los Angeles, California and Brisbane, Australia. ... Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Donkey Kong ) is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. ... Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. ... Link ) is the protagonist of Nintendos The Legend of Zelda video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. ... It has been suggested that Super adapter (Mega Man) be merged into this article or section. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Mega Man is a video game developed and published by Capcom in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom. ... Keiji Inafune Keiji Inafune , born 8 May 1965) is the character designer of Mega Man and producer of Onimusha and Dead Rising video game series and designs characters for many other Capcom games, and is the head of the Capcom Production Studio 2. ... Different Types of Moogles Mogri summon from Final Fantasy Tactics Mog (Final Fantasy VII - PC) Moogles , originally Romanized in Japan as Moglie; however, more recent materials are consistent with the English spelling) are small fictional creatures that appear throughout the Final Fantasy, Mana (Seiken Densetsu) and Kingdom Hearts game series. ... Square Company, Limited ) was a Japanese video game company founded in September of 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi. ... It has been suggested that Characters of Final Fantasy III be merged into this article or section. ... Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝 Amano Yoshitaka, originally 天野 嘉孝 (pronounced the same), born July 28, 1952) is a Japanese artist, best known for his illustrations for Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs for the video game series Final Fantasy. ... Mr. ... Rare, Ltd is a United Kingdom-based video game development company. ... Jet Force Gemini, or Star Twins ) in Japan, is a science fiction third-person shooter game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by Rare that was released on October 11, 1999. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... Namco Ltd ) is a amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... Toru Iwatani Toru Iwatani (born January 25, 1955) was a video game designer in the 1980s, and created one of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man. ... Crash Bandicoot, or simply Crash, is a popular video game character of Naughty Dogs Crash Bandicoot series created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Crash Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot is a platform game made by Naughty Dog in 1996 for the PlayStation, featuring the character by the same name. ... Naughty Dog is an American video game company founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1986. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Insomniac Games is an American video game developer. ... Official illustration of Sly Cooper, hero of Sucker Punchs series of platform-adventure games for the PS2. ... The two versions of the PS2 with an Eye Toy camera The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ... Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (named Sly Raccoon in Europe and Kaitou Sly Cooper in Japan) is a platform game by Sucker Punch Productions, released on the Sony PlayStation 2 in 2002, and is the first game in the Sly Cooper video game series. ... Sucker Punch Productions is an American video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington. ... Jak is the main character from the Jak and Daxter video game series. ... Daxter shown on the original cover of his eponymous game. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... “PS2” redirects here. ... Naughty Dog is an American video game company founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1986. ... Ratchet is one of the main characters in the Ratchet & Clank series. ... Clank is a fictional character in the Ratchet & Clank series of video games, voiced by prominent voice actor David Kaye. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... “PS2” redirects here. ... Ratchet & Clank is a platforming and shooting video game for the PlayStation 2. ... Insomniac Games is an American video game developer. ... Rayman is the main character and hero of the Rayman series, a video game created by Ubisoft. ... Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ... For the title character, see Rayman (character). ... Ancel at Ubisofts Montpellier studio Michel Ancel (born 1972 in Monaco) is a French computer game designer known for his work for Ubisoft. ... Rocket, a slime starring in Dragon Quest Heroes. ... The Enix Corporation ) was a company that produced Japanese video games and manga. ... Dragon Quest, the first game in the Dragon Quest series, hence also known as Dragon Quest I, was developed by Enix (now Square Enix) and released in 1986 in Japan for the MSX and the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom). The game was localized for North American release in 1989, but... Akira Toriyama ) born on 1955-04-05,[2] in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan,[2] is a widely known and acclaimed Japanese manga artist known mostly for his work in the Dragon Ball metaseries, as well as the media franchise of the same name which he began in 1984. ... Pikachu ) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar[1] Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. ... Game Freak ) is the Japanese video game developer behind the Pokémon series of RPGs, as well as several other games. ... It has been suggested that Pokémon Yellow and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen be merged into this article or section. ... Satoshi Tajiri , born on August 28, 1965) is a Japanese electronic game designer and the creator of Pocket Monsters, better known as Pokémon. ... Segata Sanshiro (せがた三四郎 Segata Sanshirō) was a fictional character and parody of Sugata Sanshirō, a legendary judo fighter. ... It has been suggested that Arcade Racer Joystick be merged into this article or section. ... Segata Sanshirou Shinken Yuugi is an Sega Saturn (JPN only) video game based on the television commercials of its lead character, Segata Sanshiro. ... This article is about the video game character. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Sonic the Hedgehog is the platform game that launched the career of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Team. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Naoto Oshima Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人 ÅŒshima Naoto) is a Japanese national and former Sega employee who designed the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman. ... Rocket Knight Adventures is a fictional 16-bit generation side scrolling platform video game produced and released in 1993 by Konami for the SEGA Genesis console. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... Rocket Knight Adventures is a 16-bit generation side scrolling platform video game produced and released in 1993 by Konami for the SEGA Genesis console, and designed by Nobuya Nakazato, creator of the Contra series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ... Bungie Studios is an American video game developer founded in May 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation (more popularly shortened to Bungie Software) by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones that primarily concentrated on Macintosh games for its first nine... Duke Nukem is an action hero created by computer game developers Todd Replogle, George Broussard, Allen Blum and Scott Miller of 3D Realms/Apogee Software. ... 3D Realms is the name of a computer game publisher and developer based in Garland, Texas. ... Duke Nukem is a platform video game developed and published by Apogee Software (now 3D Realms), featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem. ... Image:George-Broussard-Photo. ... EA, Ea, or ea can signify several things. ... Spore is a PC game under development by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. ... Maxis was founded as a video game developer in 1987. ... Terry Bogard ) is a video game character created by SNK, and is the main character of the Fatal Fury series. ... SNK Playmore (formerly SNK) is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. ... Fatal Fury , Legend of the Hungry Wolf) is a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo-Geo system. ... Alternate meaning: crocodile. ... Fox Interactive is a video game publisher and developer mainly concerned with titles based on 20th Century Fox properties, such as The Simpsons, Family Guy , Futurama , the Alien and Predator film franchises, ID4: The Game, Buffy the Vampire Slayer , The X-Files and the Die Hard series of films. ... Argonaut Games PLC is a British video game producer. ... Fallout is a series of computer role-playing games produced and published by Interplay. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Leonard Boyarsky is an American computer game designer and visual artist. ...

See also

• List of video game characters
• List of advertising characters
• List of mascots

A video game character is a fictional character appearing in a video game or computer game. ... See one of the following pages: List of American advertising characters List of Japanese advertising characters List of European and British advertising characters List of Australian and New Zealand advertising characters List of mascots Categories: | ... Here is a list of several known mascots: // See List of U.S. college mascots Belenos, sun-god of Belenix BSD Daemon Devilette, women dressed like the BSD daemon Geeko, the Suse chameleon Glenda, the Plan 9 from Bell Labs bunny Hexley, the Darwin platypus Kitty, the AROS mascot (another...

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External links

• Bit Age Times #4 - The Age of Mascots